this, there is obviously some heated exchange with reporters in the room here between them and steven miller. and again, a surprise appearance. it was not expected that miller would come out. we have not seen much of him since january much earlier in the administration when he was out talking quite frequently about the so-called travel ban that the president had been proposing. he has been behind closed doors for a while after that. now coming back out to talk about this policy. and i would say that the bottom line is this, the president might support this policy, and he might be having a couple of senators here to talk about it. there is very little appetite, ali, in congress to actually have this become the law of the land. and there is not a clear response from the white house as to how they plab to get some political support behind this other than saying the american people eventually will like it and that will put some pressure on lawmakers to do something about it. didn't shut the had door to compromise, but it's unlikely that the white house will make the kinds of changes that lawmake

they saw jim acosta versus steven miller, many anti-trump republicans went and said they side with stevenit was right and that jim acosta overstepped. he was making the argument terrorists are making, not a reporter. when you have the white house in disarray in general, steven miller is qualified to become communications director, but it still starts at the top. there's no direction coming from the president, no leadership. that's why you're seeing the fracture and chaos. >> i would assume the alt right, there's a story it is steve bannon, that he likes the idea of miller for the job, and miller was the hero of the west wing to the point evan made after he attacked him as a cosmopolitan for views on immigration, alt right thought it was amazing what he did. i assume breitbart will be thrilled to have steven miller running the communications department. >> absolutely. this is having one of their own, a lot has been written and documented about the long-standing relationship between steven miller working for then senator, now attorney general jeff sessions, and steven was the go between bet

she's now in the white house working side by side with steven miller. so this is what they've dreamed of. they are m -- what they're doing that i think is really interesting and came out yesterday is they're trying to redefine what it means to say imdprags reform. we've typically understood immigration reform to have an element of amnesty, of a pathway to citizenship. they're trying to reframe this as actually limiting l or reimagining the types of people that we allow into america whether they speak english, their skill levels, completely reimagining immigration in america. it's a totally different conversation and we saw the rollout yesterday. the other point i would make is this bill is dead on arrival in the senate. when i was watching yesterday, it did seem to me like the opening gambit of the trump, you know, a classic trump sort of negotiation where he takes the maximum position and hopes it can be worked back, but there's not much good will for donald trump on capitol hill these days. so i don't know where this goes. >> to the point that jonatha

it puts steven miller up today. he calls it historic legislation, the most important thing any president has done on immigration in decades even though he recognizes it's probably doa when it goes to the senate. he even lectures jim acosta as to when the famous poem on the statue of liberty was inscribed. that he wasn't there initially. that was added later. this is about politics and about the president trying to score points with his base and not just on immigration which is an issue he has yet to do much on at this point in his term but also continuing his fight with the media. who are the two reporters that he picked fights with today that he had verbal clashes with? "the new york times" and cnn. this is again who the president wants to hit. he would much prefer to be having that conversation than some of the others about policy. >> we looked at a world atlas and found no sign of great britain. but more on that later. eli, are you surprised at mcmaster? this interview he's given hugh hewitt is really watchable a

steven miller knows what you did last summer. and by the way, the idea of cutting back on visas, and slashing legal immigration in half was not well received by congress either. gop senator lindsey graham of south carolina had this to say. >> south carolina's economy, the number one is agriculture, number two is tourism. so my farmers, my hotel owners, my restaurant owners have a hard time finding labor. it's not that americans are lazy. these are jobs that are just hard to fill, and when you can't find an american worker, you can get a legal visa, it's a win win. half, it will destroy south carolina's economy. other than that, it's a good

that promise, at the pedestal of the statue of liberty are not words just added later, as steven miller suggested at the press con ference. they matter. those were the solemn promise of this country to the world. not just that we take the best of the best. we take those yearning to be free. you know those words from the poem better than i do. >> look, your giving some sweeping statement about america and patriotism and i totally agree, that's why i'm here suving in the white house. but let's be honest. did you ever get this exercise about the illegal immigrants who were deported many times and killed people like kate steinle? have you ever felt this impassioned about it? because you act like everyone is the same and that's not true. and what the senator sdwhz president were saying yesterday is. a merit-based immigration system should be considered as a way to make sure that we are keeping wages higher and remaining competitive as america -- an

we talked about steven miller.on't know, i'm just trying to figure out who might make a good -- make that -- who might do well. >> jason miller seems to be free after all of the controversy of him having a lover child with a former mp >> right. >> right. >> of course no one has actually thought about bringing sean spicer back because he is a free man. why would you. >> he doesn't want that. >> he probably doesn't want that. >> so, here's an idea. because i think a lot of people when you think about having that communications role you want to have somebody who knows how to deal with the press, who can channel the message out to the media and obviously over the media filter to the public as well so do you go with somebody like and i've heard names in the past like laura ingram special communicators who have a point of view and have a bullet in audience or do you go for a more wonkier type and leave the public roles to sara sanders. >> you don't want to go with wonky at least with this administration. seems to be out

that's right, i'm talking about steven miller. [ thunder ] [ light laughter ] that's right, steven millermediately started fighting with the press. >> can you tell me how many -- >> look maybe we'll make a carve out in the bill, that says "the new york times" can hire all the low skill less paid workers they want from other countries, and see how you feel then about low wage substitution. >> the statue of liberty says, "give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free." >> the poem that you're referring to was added later. it's not actually part of the original statue of liberty. >> seth: man, i'm surprised to hear that kind of disdain for a statue from a guy who looks that much like a church gargoyle. [ laughter ] but he wasn't done bringing the charm, please continue steven miller. >> it reveals your cosmopolitan bias to a shocking degree, that in your mind -- no, this is an amazing moment. >> from other parts of the world -- >> but that's not what you said, and it shows -- it shows your cosmopolitan bias. >> you're trying to engineer the racial, and ethnic fl

steven miller could be a possibility here. >> you remember anthony scaramucci was fired on monday after11 days. here is athena jones at the white house. >> reporter: a white house tells cnn that steven miller is being considered for an elevated communications role. the role in addition to the role he is currently serving in as a senior policy adviser. he is also the president's main speech writer so he already has been playing a part in white house communication. now the source says that steve bannon, the president's chief strategist who is an ally on of steven miller part of the white house nationalist wing of the west wing, bannon favors restructuring the director of communications role. so it's not clear whether miller could get that title or just see his part elevated as part of the communications department. i should also mention that cnn has talked to two sources who say that the new chief of staff john kelly may be looking to bring his homeland security department spokesperson over to the white house to serve as communications director. so we will have to wait and see who end up

we saw steven miller's exchange with that cnn reporter about the immigration plan. let's show that to people, then we'll talk about it. >> public support is so immense on this. look at the polling data in many key battleground states across the country, that over time you're going to see massive public push for this kind of legislation. >> this whole notion of they have to learn english before they get to the united states, are we just going to bring in people from great britain and australia? >> actually, i have to honestly say, i am shocked at your statement that you think that only people from great britain and australia would know english. it reveals your cosmopolitan bias to a shocking degree that in your mind -- no, this is an amazing -- this is an amazing moment. >> sounds like you're trying to engineer the racial and ethnic flow of people into this country. >> that is one of the most outrageous, insulting, ignorant, and foolish things you've ever said, and for you that's still a really -- the notion that you think that this is a racist bill is so wrong and s

steven miller? he doesn't look like a communications director.oks like a funeral director. [ laughter ] he looks like a haunted painting whose eyes follow you around the room. woah! [ light laughter ] and miller definitely seems to be auditioning for the job because he went on fox news this week to publicly stroke trump's ego by lavishing praise on him with this outlandish comment. >> president trump is the most gifted politician of our time office in generations. >> seth: could steven miller be any creepier? i bet he doesn't even call trump mr. president. he just calls him master. he probably lives under the stairs with eric. [ laughter ] "father, thank you for bringing me a friend! come steven. let me show you where i keep my rocks!" [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] so whether it's miller or someone else, whoever does get the communications job will apparently have some very demeaning tasks to complete. tasks specifically designed to soothe trump's fragile ego. for example, vice news reported yesterday that twice a day since the beginning o

insulting, ignorant things that you were called by steven miller. were you surprised?i could go for a cosmopolitan right now, erin. it is not often you are accused of a cosmopolitan bias from someone who went to duke university wearing cuff links in the white house. when they are attacking the news media, my experience, erin, is they are losing the argument. what you saw today in the briefing room is the top policy advisor to the president bar raiding reporters. my colleague over at "the new york times" was asking some very pointed questions of steven miller, and he was -- steven miller was throwing out these comments about maybe "the new york times" should only hire certain kinds of workers, never mind the fact that the trump's organization hotels and properties around the world from time to time have hired people that would not be described as highly skilled english speaking people who would be given advantages in this new merit based system that the trump administration is proposing. one other thing point, the american experience has always been and the stach kwhu o

first of all, your reaction to this press conference today by steven miller. >> the white house realizes that they are losing. they're starting to basically etch away at their base. and anytime they're about to lose their base, they basically have to throw red meat at them and distract them and say the real reason we're in the business we are right now is because of immigrants. the administration is not leveling with the american people. we need immigrants of all skills. for someone to say they don't want cultural workers, tell that to a farmer. it takes great skill to try and pick fruit for us so that we eat well every single night. the fact that purdue who is from georgia introduced this bill is outrageous. when georgia tried to ban undocumented immigrants, they lost close to $2 billion in agricultural farming because they couldn't get anybody who actually knew how to do the work. >> look at the brookings institution, putting aside undocumented migrants, just look at the top jobs of the green card holders, the industries that depend on them the most, accommodations, hotels and other se

steven miller has not made an life yet and one actor offering up his services if ssl needs a miller ifhe holds a press conference like the one he did yesterday. just a few minutes to yog your memory. it reveals your cosmopolitan bias to a shocking degree that in your mind -- this is epa amazing moment. >> actors zac paragraph who you probably know present the show scrubs. he lobbied snl boss on twitter. tweeting out rkt deer lauren mike also, i can do this put me in coach. let's take a look at them side pie side april you may be able to see a bit of a resemblance. certainly more hair on zac paragraph, i think the sce is could that happen? hey, jim, i also rg i want to pint out that you yourself are quite the impression isabella. you have couple more around the news room . i was wondering if there is anyone present the trump administration you would like to play. i think they have it covered at this point. i think they're pretty good. i think everybody out there probably has an edge. he's -- the president himself has had some fun with that before. >> yes. >> but what i think they said a

a briefing on the immigration plan turned into a heated showdown between steven miller and cnn's jim acosta. >> the poem at the statue of liberty that embraces immigrants was at the center ever that clash. it was cited by acosta when he asked if the proposed immigration reform was in keeping with american ideals. >> the statue of liberty says give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses. it doesn't say anything about speaking english or being able to be a computer programmer. >> i don't want to get into a whole thing about history here, but the statue of liberty is a symbol of liberty and lighting the world. a symbol of american liberty lighting the world. the poem that you're referring to was added later. it's not actually part of the original statue of liberty. >> this whole notion of they have to learn english before they get to the united states, are we just going to bring in people from great britain and australia? >> this is an amazing moment that you think only people from great britain or australia would speak english is so insulting to millions of hard-working immigran

you described earlier steven miller as a bannon-ite. no way, it was steven miller at the end of bannonites. his loyalties were no longer with steve bannon. steve bannon had two people in the white house that remained loyal to him by the end and nob of them at the top ranks. so all of those things came together and people then, when john kelly came in, told steve bannon -- told john kelly that steve bannon was encouraging the outside campaign against general h.r. mcmaster, kelly was stunned by that and horrified by that. steve bannon told people he wasn't involved in that but nobody in the west wing believed that. but all of these things came together. he was fired. you hear the resignation. that was a face-saving conversation but he was told his time was up. >> and let's not forget, i remember that bannon said there is no military option in north korea. >> that interview was -- >> [ inaudible ]. >> to be clear, though. i was still stick by my reporting on that story. that was the one interview that he really did not intend that to be on

watch this interchange between steven miller, the white house top policy advisor and jim acosta of cnn who started off by implying this bill somehow for reasons he didn't quite explain must be racist. watch. >> this whole notion of well, they could learn -- you know, they have to learn english before they get to the united states. we just going to bring in people from great britain and australia. >> jim, i have to say i am shocked at your statement that you think that only people from great britain and australia would know english. 's actlly -- it reveals your does m cosmopolitan bias. this is an amazing moment. this is an amazing moment that you think only people from great britain or australia would speak english. so insulting to millions of hard working immigrants who do speak english from all over the world. jim, have you honestly never met an immigrant from another country who speaks english outside of great britain and australia? is that your personal experience? >> there are of course people who come from other parts of the world. >> it shows your cosmopolitan bias. >> sounds li

i guess steven miller as well who is the remaining nationalist at the top level of the west wing. but i will say steven miller is a very good -- he works within the system, and he's become very close to jared and others. so he's not the disruptive force that steve bannon was. >> halle, i'm trying to figure this out, too, you got some provocative words tonight from bannon. as jonathan says maybe these are words that can provoke drunk, on the other hand you have bannon saying i don't want to fight trump, i want to fight the people fighting trump. it's what the conservatives said, we want reagan to be reagan. we don't want his advisers pushing him off his course. what kind of pull possibly would a guy like bannon have with the trump base, if there is some kind of public battle between trump and bannon. >> does trump bring an army or do they say forget we're with trump? >> i this i the white house answer to that question is no right. i will tell you one person we posed that question to, listen, it's not steve bannon who is donald trump's bachlts it's donald trump who leads his own bas

>> we'll see. >> steven miller say tacking the elitist media. eral leaning family in santa monica and went on to attend duke university. he turned to conservatism when he read the 1994 book "guns, crime and freedom." while at duke, he wrote for the paper there. that's where he really made public his nationalist views, likening at one point multiculturalism to segregation. >> anyway, i just love it. let me finish tonight with trump watch. you're watching "hardball." take the zantac it challenge! pill works fast? zantac works in as little as 30 minutes. nexium can take 24 hours. when heartburn strikes, take zantac for faster relief than nexium or your money back. take the zantac it challenge. whatit's up to you, like with tampax pearl.od? you get ultimate protection on your heaviest days, and smooth removal for your lightest. tampax pearl. and pocket pearl, for on the go. hey. what can you tell me about your new social security alerts? oh! we'll alert you if we find your social security number on any one of thousands of risky sites, so you'll be in

shortness of names of the white house for this key job, but now our own taylor collins confirming that steven millere of the names on that list, the possibility of stephen miller becoming the communications director or in some sort of related job, according to axios, which broke the news earlier today. there's an interest in restructuring the communications off it and maybe creating a couple different jobs. but the bigger point here, fred, is that president trump likes seeing people like stephen miller defending him on tv. trump reportedly loved that back and forth between miller and jim acosta. that is the kind of thing president trump wants to see more of. he wants to see bitter positions being defended on television. and by the way, that's what he wanted from scaramucci as well. it's just scaramucci didn't last very long. so the idea of miller being promoted is along the same lines that the president wants forceful advocates on television defending his administration. >> and defending the administration and defending president trump is something that anthony scaramucci did and apparently the whit

charlottesville this weekend we're calling for the firing of steve band and sebastian cork and steven miller who are three of the most. prominent supporters of the white nationalists there are i would call it white supremacist movement inside the white house. of course radical ideology authoritarian ideology goes all the way up to the top and starts with the president but we feel like the these three advisors are particularly odious we had somebody on my radio show last week who was from a group called life after hate dot org is yeah sure. they did they just they the obama administration funded them to the tune of four hundred thousand dollars to deprogram nazis and trump just pulled up the funny dot in the and apparently it was his wife working in the administration yes who led that i i'm i was just i didn't i had no idea i was baffled but yeah gorka is a fascinating character he. when at the inauguration he wore insignia and medals from a hunger and nationalist fascist group that was aligned with the fascist movement and the actual not seats he wore this insignia the end like the french i

do you agree with steven miller the policy advisor for the president who says that m.l.arus the poem promise signature of this country for so many generations were just words that were added later? somehow separate from what the statue of liberty represents? are we no longer about the desperate who are yearning to be free? it's a fundamental question about who we are. >> tucker: yep, that's journalism. the question is how can would he be disgusting policy at a time like this? u.s. citizens, economic growth, welfare dependency basic facts, they all melt away into a irrelevant because we have poetry classes to teach here. of course, acosta wasn't going to let himself be overshadowed by any of this. last night he went on wolf blitzer to deliver a lengthy screed against trump's immigration policy. look at. this i think at times this white house has unhealthy fixation on mexicans, muslims, and the mainstream med. their policies tend to be crafted around bashing one of those three groups and we just see it time and again. and today on immigration, what the white house is essen

there's a lot of talk, peter, about steven miller potentially filling that role. he was the president's speech writer during the capable. we saw him take the podium in the briefing the other day to talk about immigration and this new proposal that the white house is backing in congress. is he somebody who is actually in the running or is this just a name that's getting floated out there, peter? >> well, it does seem to be a real possibility, but there is a part of me that wonders whether it's just not a way of punking the media, given the sort of very vigorous way he defended the immigration proposal the other day in a very heated exchange with reporters. the idea the very next day or two that he would be floated as a communications director sort of seems like a-ha, jabby the president at some point. no question he would like to have somebody out there who is a robust and aggressive proponent of his policies, who is willing to give the media what he believes they serve. that's how you get on president trump's good side is a communicate or. and this is, you know, s

briefing room of a journalist -- some might quibble with my expression, who just wastude tud by steven miller. >> she is a extraordinary talent in the white house. lou: a world-class mind. >> and certainly a world-class debater, whether you want to have him in press room every day, i don't know. at end of the day he has written some of the most brilliant speeches. he believes -- good thing from my perspective, we have not had a immigration overhaul since the days in reagan white house, this critical. lou: 1986. >> a giant first step, i think it is beginning of a long debate. and important one too. >> i agree. it is about time that in the white house briefing room we had somebody actually confront and take on an absurd statement. and tackle it at its core to, dismandismantle it piece by pie. who is the one expresses racism and bias. it caught him off guard, it shows what a difference it can make if we have effect of spokespeople in communication room. lou: here is president of united states with senators cotton and perdue, putting pardon a plan for rational merit-based immigration into this co

estarÍan en contra, principalmente, el fiscal general, jeff sesion y el ascensor presidencial, steven millere campaÑa debe portar a todos los inmigrantes indocumentados. en plan difÍcilmente avanzaría en el congreso, dice. >> en el senado, eso no va a llegar a los 60 votos requeridos. reportera: la casa blanca dijo que no con mesta sobre planes que podrÍan o no estar contemplados. >> el presidente apoya una forma migratoria donde se trata no sÓlo el tema de la inmigraciÓn general, tambiÉn la inmigraciÓn legal. ilia: quien hasta el viernes fue el jefe de estrategia de trump con critica ahora al mandatario. el medio conservador que dirigÍan enfilÓ caÑones contra la estrategia de trump en afganistÁn y una posible protecciÓn para los dreamers. reportera: prometiÓ guerra y ya empezÓ, el ex asesor del presidente ateve bannon. anoche el presidente explico que cambiÓ su postura original porque como candidato no tenÍa el concepto que tiene ahora como presidente. en el portal conservador se veÍan titulares como "discurso cambiante", "cÓmo afganistÁn puede poner en riesgo la presidencia de trump?". la

do you agree with steven miller the policy advisor for the president who says that m.l.us the poem promise signature of this country for so many generations were just words that were added later? somehow separate from what the statue of liberty represents? are we no longer about the desperate who are yearning to be free? it's a fundamental question about who we are. >> tucker: yep, that's journalism. the question is how can would he be disgusting policy at a time like this? u.s. citizens, economic growth, welfare dependency basic facts, they all melt away into a irrelevant because we have poetry classes to teach here. of course, acosta wasn't going to let himself be overshadowed by any of this. last night he went on wolf blitzer to deliver a lengthy screed against trump's immigration policy. look at. this i think at times this white house has unhealthy fixation on mexicans, muslims, and the mainstream med. their policies tend to be crafted around bashing one of those three groups and we just see it time and again. and today on immigration, what the white house is essenti

the poster boys of this behavior, is jim acosta and his cluelessness debating steven miller on immigrationt week. >> are we just going to bring in people from grit britain and australia? >> i am shocked at your statement that you think only peep from great britain and australia would know english. it shows your bias. >> you're trying to engineer the racial and ethnic flow of people into this country. >> that is one of the most outrageous, insulting, foolish things you have said. the notion that you think that this is a racist bill is so wrong and so insulting. >> now, if you are jong-un threatening to turn the united states nunes a lump of jelly, jim acosta after steven miller. >> perfect example of the speech write are for president reagan's phrase of the soft bigotry of low expectations. there are 54 countries that have english as their primary language. this is a dynamic, like acosta. even if you don't speak english if you're disadvantaged or poor that you're just too dumb to be able to handle any kind of expectations. that is outrageous, what the left has always expected. we see it als

steven miller, adviser to the president was speaking to reporters than it got heated. take a listen. >> do not know the difference between green card policy and illegal immigration? the notion you think this is a racist bill is so wrong in so insulting. the reality is the foreign population into our country has quadrupled since 1970. that is a fact. reporter: the new legislation is designed to help americans at the lower end of the economic spectrum, those trying to get jobs and keep those jobs announced are you targeting african-americans and hispanic americans in those positions and trying to help them? >> we want to help african-americans in this country and get jobs. insinuations like jimmy trying to ascribe nefarious motives to a compassionate immigration measure designed to help newcomers encourage arrivals alike is wrong. reporter: you can now add immigration to tax reform and raising the debt ceiling than everything else washington has on his plate when congress is going full steam in september. rack to you. lauren: adam shapiro, thank you. cheryl: after presid

following the president's unveiling of an immigration reform bill, steven miller still questions from the press, things went down hill pretty quickly. >> it's common sense here. at the end of the day, why do special interests want to bring in more low-skilled workers and why historically -- i think it's clear. if you just answer. can i just answer your question? i named the study. glenn, i named the studies. i named the studies. >> i asked you for statistics. >> it will make a carve out in the bill that says the "new york times" can hire all the unskilled low wage workers they want and we'll see how you feel about the substitution. lea: three tough-talking nations firing off test missiles within days of each other. that story next. it's time to rethink what's possible. rethink the experience. rethink your allergy pills. flonase sensimist allergy relief uses unique mistpro technology and helps block 6 key inflammatory substances with a gentle mist. most allergy pills only block one. and 6 is greater than one. rethink your allergy relief. flonase sensimist. ♪ hey, i'm the internet! i kn

. >> white house correspondent steven miller said the focus should be on the american workers. >> theyives down wages and reduces labor cost. our question as government to whom is our duty, to u.s. citizens and u.s. workers to promote rising wages for them. >> white house correspondent steven miller said the focus should be on the american workers. >> they know unskilled labor drives down wages and reduces labor cost. our question as government to whom is our duty, to u.s. citizens and u.s. workers to promote rising wages for them. >> the proposal is a legislative long shot and not a immediate priority of the republican-controlled congress far more important tax reform, racing the tax ceiling and raising the federal budget. >>> investigators trying to figure how a gas leak triggered a deadly explosion in a private school in minneapolis. the massive blast reduced part of the building to rumble two were killed and nine others hurt. >> if you look at the building behind me see the hole to the left of the chimney that's what the force of this blast did to this brick school. now three peopl

you described earlier steven miller, in no way it was steven miller. his loyalty is no longer with steve bannon. steve bannon had about two people in the white house that remained loyal to him and none of them at the top rank. all those tngsame together. when kelly came in and told john kelly that steve bannon was encouraging the outside campaign against general hr mcmaster. kelly was stunned by that and horrified by that. bannon told people that he was not involved but nobody in the west wing believed him. he was fired. that was a face savoring conversation but he was told that his time was up. >> that's also, now i remember that bannon said there is no military option in north korea. >> to be clear though, i would still stick by my reporting. that's the one interview that he did not intend on the record. it was truly a blender of that interview. >> wow, i guess so. he was on the phone with a veteran journalist. kristen welker in the flesh. i thought you live in a television for a couple of months there. >> i do. good to see you in person. >> we never